Better Health Together is committed to supporting and providing these spaces to grieve, heal, and organize for change in our community. Please share within your organization.
Read MoreBHT is hiring for several positions! Use your skills and professional approach to help us achieve better health, better care, and reduce costs in our seven-county region. Check out our Careers page to learn more and apply.
Read MoreBetter Health Together is committed to supporting and providing these spaces to grieve, heal, and organize for change in our community. Please share within your organization.
Read MoreOn behalf of the Spokane Region’s participation in the Safety and Justice Challenge, BHT is releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to organizations that provide services that address community safety, early intervention, or reducing recidivism. A total of $75,000 is available to support innovative, community-based approaches to…
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9.2022 CCT notes
8.2022 - no collaborative meeting
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1.2022 - no CCT meeting
2021
9.2021 - no CCT
8.2021 - no Collaborative meeting
7.2021 - no Collaborative meeting
2020
12.2020 - no Collaborative
10.2020 - no CCT
06.2020 Collaborative notes - see updated Draft Workplans here
02.2020 Collaborative notes - see updated Draft Workplans here
Spokane Collaborative Factors Inventory - due by Jan 31
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For other resources and calendar, see Collaborative main page here.
COVID-19 has taken a toll on our region. At Better Health Together (BHT), we are working with community partners to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. BHT is committed to an equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution process that removes the barriers many people in our region face accessing the vaccine.
BHT and our community partners launched a 2021 campaign to normalize vaccination, which features leaders, influencers, and health experts from across the region sharing their vaccine stories and encouraging others to get vaccinated. Our Trusted Messenger COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign is running on TV, cable, and radio across Eastern Washington. You’ll also see billboards and print ads, as well as digital ads and social media content.
We’ve created several billboards for our COVID-19 Vaccine Trusted Messenger that can be seen throughout our region.
Read MoreMaterials & recordings from 2021 Learning Cohort trainings
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BH Resource Guide - draft for review
Coffee date survey - tell us who you’d like to meet
Partner shares
Summer program - If You Could Save Just One
For elementary through high schoolers, transportation & special needs accommodations available
Spokane County LGBTQIA2s+ Life and Well-Being survey - Spectrum
Audience for survey: At this time, we are seeking responses from self-identified LGBTQIA2S+ individuals of all ages. If you are a straight ally, we would appreciate you passing this survey along to your networks, family or friends who identify as LGBTQIA2S+ to include more respondents.
Lunch & Learn: Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care through Collaboration
Thurs, June 24, 12-1pm
Coordinated Care Community Investment Funds
Eligibility: Open to Medicaid providers and community-based organizations
Funding amount: The range is 10k -100k in funding, but they are willing to do more, if the project is really compelling. Looking for anyone out there doing great SDOH work that could use an extra bit of cushion in funding.
Deadline to submit a completed application is end of day July 15, 2021. Submit to Andrea.T.Davis@coordinatedcarehealth.com
SNAP - Community Needs Assessment Survey
Please distribute survey link to clients through June 30, 2021.
Workgroup materials
Hello my name is Mark Ingoldby and I have lived in Washington my whole life. Early on in my life I wanted to help people and concurrently was an adrenaline junky. Combining those two things I set off to become a Paramedic. Not to long after starting that journey I realized just talking to patients in the back of the ambulance was both fulfilling and most helpful to them. Fast forward to getting my graduate degree I continued to feed that adrenaline side of me and became a crisis counselor.
My crisis counselor days really taught me to listen for the most important part of a person’s story. I spent eleven years in the Crisis Response world eventually becoming supervisor and traveling with others on their journey. That experience set a strong foundation to equip me for future endeavors as a social worker.
My last year at community mental health involved becoming the organizations Training Coordinator. This really fed a need for me due to my love of training and education. I missed the clinical piece though.
In 2017 I applied and became a Social Worker for Providence Internal Medicine. This involved true integration and the opportunity to build and develop the first Integrated Behavioral Health clinic in Primary Care for Providence throughout the region. This model through the support of UW AIMS was true integration and something I thought only existed in textbooks.
My passion and excitement for this treatment model hasn’t wavered over the last four years and my alignment with the Providence Mission creates for a great day to day experience.
Two years ago I became the LICSW supervisor for the program and began working with leadership to pivot through the Pandemic and imagine what behavioral health in the Primary Care could look like for our community. Every day is a challenge and some questions don’t have answers right away. Seeing our impact to patients who can walk down the hall from their Drs office to see a collaborative therapist who works closely with their doctor helps me to be patient and maintain stamina. I am excited to see how we as an organization and the whole community of behavioral health treatment providers will accept and flex to meet the needs of our ever evolving patients.
It’s easy to get excited by the vibrancy and welcoming atmosphere of Pride Month festivities. Pride celebrations are known for an abundance of bright colors, catchy music, glitter, and joy. On the flip side, it’s uncomfortable to reflect on the historic and ongoing struggle of LGBTQ+ individuals to achieve equality in the US. Still, Pride also calls on us to acknowledge this history.
This year is a record-breaking year for anti-LGBTQ legislation, and the challenges facing LGBTQ individuals continue. It’s crucial for allies to actively support the LGBTQ+ community by educating themselves, understanding the history of LGBT rights and the importance of the Stonewall Uprising. In honor of Pride 2021, take a little time to research something new about LGBTQ history. Then, find new ways to take action and share the story of Stonewall and Pride with your community.
Read MoreJune Topics: BH supervision support funding Q&A; Capacity Connect feedback
Read MoreThis page has materials and information related to Year 3 Medicaid Transformation contracts for our primary care and behavioral health partners. BHT will hold workshops with providers before final plan submissions are due.
Read MoreDid you know? Our Parent Mentors are health insurance Navigators! They can:
Explain your household’s coverage options and explore available financial assistance.
Provide support to those with unique cultural, linguistic, disability, or other needs.
Connect families in need with local organizations providing health resources and services.
